Former President Donald Trump has posted to Facebook for the first time since parent company Meta (META) reinstated his account in January. In the post, Trump wrote “I’M BACK!” and attached a brief clip from his 2016 presidential win in which he’s flanked by his son Barron Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.
Meta restored Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in January after suspending them in the wake of the Jan. 6 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters seeking to halt the certification of the 2020 election.
Trump's post comes just hours after Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) YouTube reinstated Trump's account on the social media platform, citing a need to allow candidates for public office to be heard by voters.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on education as he holds a campaign rally with supporters, in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
"We carefully evaluated the continued risk of real-world violence, while balancing the chance for voters to hear equally from major national candidates in the run up to an election," read a statement on YouTube's Twitter account.